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Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database

Plantain 7 (?) potyvirus

Index

• Nomenclature
• Host range, transmission and symptoms
• Physical and biochemical properties
• Taxonomy and relationships
• Comments and References

Data collated by A.A. Brunt, 1991.

Nomenclature

Acronym

PlV-7

ICTV decimal code

57.0.1.T.070

Host range and symptoms

Natural host range and symptoms

• Plantago lanceolata - symptomatology not described (virus found only in complex with others).

Transmission

Transmitted by a vector; an insect; Myzus sp.; Aphididae.

Geographical distribution

Found, but with no evidence of spread, in the U.K. (Cambridge).

Diagnostically susceptible host species and symptoms

• Nicotiana benthamiana - faint leaf chlorosis.

Susceptible host species

• Nicotiana benthamiana
• Plantago lanceolata

Families containing susceptible hosts

• Plantaginaceae (1/1)
• Solanaceae (1/1)

Physical and biochemical properties

Particle morphology

Virions filamentous; usually flexuous; of 720-750 nm.

Taxonomy and relationships

unassigned potyvirus

Comments and References

References

• Hammond, J. (1981). Pl. Path. 30: 237.

Cite this publication as: Brunt, A.A., Crabtree, K., Dallwitz, M.J., Gibbs, A.J., Watson, L. and Zurcher, E.J. (eds.) (1996 onwards). `Plant Viruses Online: Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database. Version: 20^th August 1996.' URL http://biology.anu.edu.au/Groups/MES/vide/

Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz, Paine and Zurcher (1993) should also be cited.